Bedstead-guard.



No. 774,462. PATENTBD NOV. 8, 1904.

V C. H. WRIGHT.

BBDSTEAD GUARD.

UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BEDSTEAQ-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,462, dated November8, 1904. Application filed January 11, 1904. Serial N0x 188,515. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinventeda new and useful Improvement in Bedstead-Guards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of guardsadapted for application more especially to childrens beds for thepurpose of keeping the covers upon the bed and for preventing childrenfrom falling therefrom while sleeping.

My object is to provide a light, attractive, and portable bedstead-guardof an improved construction which renders it readily adjustable forattachment to different types of bed and causes the guard when in placeto operate as a particularly strong and desirable device for itspurpose.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a broken perspective View showing myimproved guard attached to a bed, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4c enlarged brokenperspective views illustrating details of the construction.

A A are uprights or standards having feet a and provided above the saidfeet with vertically-elongated slots 6. Extending loosely through theslots are adjustable bed-rail-engaging attachments B, comprising,preferably, threaded shank portions c, expanded and bent end portionsforming hooks cl, and thumb-nuts a, working upon the threaded shanks. Onthe inner faces of the standards are one or more clipsf, which may be ofspringy metal adapted to receive and hold guard-rails C. I prefer toform the guard-rails each of two members joined together at overlappingor telescoping end portions by collars g, preferably clamping themembers and through which they may slide longitudinally. The

spring-clips f, while permitting the rails to be inserted and removedtend to clamp them quite firmly to the standards.

WVhen not in use, the device may be contracted by telescoping or slidingthe rail members upon each other to bring the standards comparativelyclose together, and the device may be caused to stand on its feet closeto a wall or. in some other out-ofthe\vay place.

In placing the device in position itmay be first elongated to thedesired extent. The attachments B are then raised in the slots 5, whilethe feet a rest upon the floor, and the hook portions (Z are passed overa bed-rail D, after which the nuts 0 are tightened to clamp the guardagainst the bed-rail. The attaching hook devices B may be raised andlowered in the slots 5 to register with a bed-rail extending at anyheight from the floor, and they may be turned to engage the rail eitherfrom the upper or under side thereof.

While I prefer to construct my improved guard throughout as shown anddescribed, it may be variously modified in the matter of details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit of my invention asdefined by the claims.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An extensible bedstead-guard comprising standards adaptedto rest uponthe floor,

bed-rail engaging and clamping devices vertically adjustable on saidstandards, and guard rails detachably secured toward their ends to thestandards and each composed of two telescoping members.

2. A self-supporting extensible bedsteadguard comprising standardsprovided with feet and With vertical slots, bed-rail-engaging hookshaving threaded shanks adjustable in said slots, nuts on the shanks, andguard-rails detachably secured toward their ends to the standards andeach composed of two telescop- In presence of- F. M. VVIRTZ, WALTER N.VVINBERG.

